Training the Bayesian filter

When you first install GFI MailEssentials, the Bayesian filter will be disabled. GFI MailEssentials ships with a default HAM (2000 ham emails) and SPAM database, however its better if you train the Bayesian filter with your specific ‘email profile’ before switching it on. This training can be done in two ways:

1. Automatically by collecting outbound emails. GFI MailEssentials will collect legitimate email (ham) by scanning outbound email. You can enable the Bayesian filter after it has collected at least 500 outbound emails (If you send out mainly English email) or 1000 outbound mails (If you send out non-English email). Normally this amount of email is collected in a matter of days.

Screenshot 30 - Supplying ham to the Bayesian filter

2. By supplying ham to the Bayesian filter by copying between 500-1000 mails from your sent items to the This is legitimate email sub folder in the GFI AntiSpam Folders public folders. For more information, see the paragraph ‘Adding ham to the ham database’ in the chapter ‘Spam management from the user’s point of view’.